Genetic analyses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from healthy captive snakes: evidence of high interand intrasite dissemination and occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 716-729

  Colinon, Céline ^a   Jocktane, Dominique ^a   Brothier, Elisabeth ^a   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^b   Cournoyer, Benoit ^a   Nazaret, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FRANCE; GENETICS; GUINEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SNAKE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FRANCE; GUINEA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SNAKES;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERPENTES;

EID: 77953932578     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02115.x     Document Type: Article

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